Friday, February 7, 2025

IRONY ALERT: Trump transportation plan prioritizes blue cities

 
Maps:  Wikipedia (boxes added)
Top headline and screengrab below:  NewsNation, 7/30/2025
Bottom headline:  New York Times, 2/6/2025

New York Times reporters Madeleine Ngo and Lydia DePillis write:  
Some conservatives, including Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance, have fixated on America’s declining birthrate, viewing it as catastrophic for the national economy as retired people start to outnumber younger workers, and reflective of eroding family values. But it remains unclear how directing more transportation funding to areas with higher birth and marriage rates would reverse the trend.


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